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Washaka--The Bear Dreamer    by Patricia Jamie Lee
Price: $4.99 USD. 73450 words. Published on December 1, 2009. .

An award-winning and beautiful story of friendship between a young Lakota boy and a white boy during a time of great change. Little Chief dreams of a white bear tied to a tree and bleeding at the neck. His grandfather tells him the dream is Wakan and he must watch for this bear—or something like it. The story is based on the dream of Leon Hale, a Lakota man from South Dakota
A Cultural Paradox: Fun in Mathematics    by Jeff Z
You set the price! 17730 words. Published on July 8, 2010. .

“A Cultural Paradox: Fun in Mathematics” is ideal for high school and college students who need a little push to get motivated in math, and also great for scientists and those in the math community that want to stay in the know on current math topics. Perfect as an accompaniment to any high school or college course, and a quick read at around 17,000 words.
Little Wild Flower Book One    by Samantha Jillian Bayarr
Price: $1.99 USD. 54770 words. Published on October 17, 2010. .

Jane Abigail Reeves was raised as a city girl. In 1977, at only fifteen, her family moves to a farmhouse in a rural Amish community in Indiana as a respite for her alcoholic mother. Jane hates farm life, until she stumbles upon Elijah, the Amish boy next door. Can a hippie-chick like Jane find friendship with a sixteen-year-old Amish boy? Will their feelings for each other change as they grow up?
Little Wild Flower Book Two    by Samantha Jillian Bayarr
Price: $1.99 USD. 55520 words. Published on October 17, 2010. .

Just when Jane thought her life in the Amish community couldn’t get any better, tragedy strikes the Zook farm. Jane suddenly feels lost in the world she created with Elijah, and flees to her home town in search of her childhood friends. Will coming face-to-face with the pain of her childhood send her running back to the farm, or will she cling to the life she left behind as a teenaged girl?
My Perfect Wedding    by Sibel Hodge
Price: $3.49 USD. 89820 words. Published on January 10, 2011. .

Helen Grey is finally getting everything she wants. She’s about to have the perfect dream wedding and begin an exciting new life abroad on the sunny Mediterranean island of Cyprus. But living the dream isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. With the big day rapidly approaching, a roller-coaster of mishaps, misunderstandings, and disasters threatens to turn the newlyweds into nearlyweds.
Peeko Pacifiko    by Ken O'Steen
Price: $0.99 USD. 105810 words. Published on January 20, 2011. .

This work is best described as the quintessential Twentieth Century fin de siècle novel of Los Angeles and perhaps the only one. Its narrator and gallery of characters are too willing pawns in the battle of high and low, individuality and expectations, art and commerce, survival and resignation and the liberation of hedonism versus its perils to the soul.
An American Sporting Man Goes To Hell    by Michael Vorhis
Price: Free! 5430 words. Published on September 13, 2011. .

A true tale of gloriously misguided sporting expectations, instantly withered to so much overcooked gnocchi when steeped in a small town Italian soup. (If you surf, you'll find that this little story has 5-star ratings!)
Nick and Knobby Go to Mexico    by Felix Mayerhofer
Price: $2.99 USD. 2680 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on September 22, 2011. .

Nick and Knobby take their bass drum act to Mexico City, where Knobby accidentally gets involved with a bull in a bullring. This wonderful drum-playing dog becomes a national hero to accolades of “Olé!” from the local aficionados. Children also learn a few words in Spanish.(Age Level – 7-10)
All I Got for Christmas    by Rebecca Shelley
Price: $3.99 USD. 27870 words. Published by Wonder Realms Books  on October 3, 2011. .

Oh No! Principal Green says Santa can't come to the school Christmas party. Monkey needs a plan to get Santa to come. Too bad Monkey's ideas get him on Santa's Naughty List. It looks like all he'll get for Christmas is a bucket of coal. But when a blizzard knocks out the power lines and buries the roads, it's up to Monkey and the Smartboys to save Christmas for everyone.
I am Flippish!    by Leslie V. Ryan
Price: $4.99 USD. 1280 words. Published on February 15, 2012. .

Today is dad’s turn to help out at school! But when Sean’s classmates start asking questions about why Sean and his dad look different from each other, Sean starts to wonder too. With the help of their teacher, the students learn a few things about diversity, family and where we really came from. And along the way, Sean teaches his friends just how wonderful it is to be different!